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Halloumi & Warm Vegetable Salad

Halloumi cheese grilled, melted on top of warm vegetables full of mediterranean sun - in a light lemon, balsamic dressing with pine nuts as added flavour crunch. Total success with guests, and a vegetarian show stopper!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Servings: 4
Author: The GOODista

Ingredients

  • 200 gram Halloumi Cheese
  • 2 Tomatoes
  • 1 Onion
  • 1/2 Aubergine
  • 1 Zucchini small
  • 50 grams Baby Spinach
  • 50 grams Rocket / Ruccola
  • 1 Garlic clove
  • 1 tsp salbal oelek or 1 small chilli optional
  • 1 Lemon use peel + juice
  • 2 tsp Balsamic Vinegar
  • 2 Tsp Olive Oil 1 Tsp for vegetable frying and 1 Tsp for the dressing
  • 50 grams Pine Nuts

Instructions

Cheese Preparation

  • Slice your Halloumi Cheese into approx 1 cm thick slices, and set aside on an olive oil coated plate. You will only pan fry these just before serving, so leave them for now.

Vegetables

  • Throw your Pine Nuts into a dry frying pan, tossing them until golden. Only add a little salt towards the end. Set aside the nuts until assembly time.
  • Cut your Aubergine, Zucchini, and Onion into bite size bits.
  • Also - cut your Tomatoes but don't use them until recipe says :)
  • Peel your Lemon, and save the peel, and squeeze the juice into a small container.
  • Add 1 crushed garlic, and 1 Tsp of Olive Oil, to the frying pan, and lightly pan fry the vegetables (Aubergine, Zucchini and Onion) until soft.
  • Add the Lemon peel and Tomatoes and cook for one more minute only.
  • Set aside your vegetable mix until your cheese is done (see below)

Dressing

  • Mix Salt, Pepper, Chilli, Lemon Juice, Balsamic Vinegar and Olive Oil - and set aside until assembly time.

Cheese Time

  • Fry your Halloumi on both sides until crusty golden.

Assembly

  • Take a large serving plate and cover with raw Spinach and Ruccola.
  • Quickly heat up your vegetable mix, and add them to the green salad bed.
  • Add the Halloumi - drizzle the dressing on top.
  • As a final touch - sprinkle your pine nuts over the warm salad,
  • Serve as fast as you can and eat while cheese is still hot and vegetables warm as the mediterranean sun. Enjoy!

Notes

If you want to add to this dish - please feel free. Quinoa, or Bulgur, would make it a full-on dinner, and carrots or pumpkin could be nice additions too - if you wish to make it sweeter. Endless variety, and so simple as a healthy combination to enjoy as an every day dinner or to impress guests.